A DNS server – short for Domain Name System server – helps your web browser connect to the internet and load websites properly.

For MacOS go to System Preferences -> Network. Choose the current local area connection and hit the Advanced button. Then, go ...

When you enter a Web address into your browser, one of the first things your PC does is contact a domain name server to get routing information for the address. In most cases your PC sends DNS ...

DNS failure is a failure to communicate between your device and a DNS server. When a DNS failure occurs, you can't reach the internet address you wanted to reach. As a viewer, this might mean you ...

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It seems there really isn't one single, universally accepted best practise on this one. So let's assume a fairly typical SME with a primary site (both physically and in AD site terms) with a couple of ...

Do you ever wonder how you can click a link on a webpage and quickly zip to another page on a server halfway around the world? Or send an email message to aunt Alice or uncle Bob, using just their ...

Threats surfacing in DNS traffic include protocol anomalies, tunneling, and botnets, according to the latest Infoblox Security Assessment report. In the second quarter of 2016, Infoblox analyzed DNS ...

In the DNS server BIND, three security vulnerabilities have been discovered. A public proof-of-concept makes attacks more ...

An interesting DNS hijack that sets the victim's computer to use specific DNS servers has emerged. Here are the key details of this intriguing threat. Working in customer care you get to see every ...

Many DNS servers are wrongly configured or running out-of-date software, leaving them vulnerable to malicious attacks, according to a survey published on Monday. The Measurement Factory, an Internet ...

In a twist on distributed denial-of-service attacks, cybercriminals are using DNS servers--the phonebooks of the Internet--to amplify their assaults and disrupt online business. Earlier this year, ...